A divided America

[Himu]

Rolly polly makes a helluva lot more sense than "potato bug". Someone please explain "potato bug"?

[CajoleJuice]

"tennis shoes" is the dumbest shit imaginable

[nudemacusers]

I say roly poly I never heard of "potato bugs" before this site. Are they called that because they infest potatoes or look like potatoes?

I DONT HAVE TO EXPLAIN SHIT TO YOU

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i have no idea haha

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[Himu]

"tennis shoes" is the dumbest shit imaginable

It really is.

And it's not pronounced tennis, as in the sport either, but tenny's.

[Joe Molotov]

hey if it's called pop, why is there no such thing as a pop jerk who serves you from the pop fountain at the pop shop

riddle me that

Have you ever had pop-pop in the attic?

[etiolate]

I used to hear tennies for shoes here, but that's faded away and most everyone says sneakers or sneaks now.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

hey if it's called pop, why is there no such thing as a pop jerk who serves you from the pop fountain at the pop shop

riddle me that

Have you ever had pop-pop in the attic?

the fact you call it that tells me you're not ready to drink-drink it

[Mr. Gundam]

actually, I take that back. I will ask for a pop if I'm being served by a middle-aged soda jerk at a Walgreens soda fountain offering "real chock'lit malteds"

 

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That's not what he's talking about it.



That's it. Never seen one in a Walgreen's.

Rolly polly makes a helluva lot more sense than "potato bug". Someone please explain "potato bug"?

I always wondered why they're called Potato Bugs as a kid, but since everyone called them that, I didn't really care.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

Potato bug may refer to:
Armadillidium vulgare, a species of woodlice commonly called "potato bug", "pill bug" "roly poly" "doodlebug" or "sowbugs".

According to this, three times as many Americans say "roly poly" than "potato bug," even "pill bug" outranks "potato bug":

[etiolate]

Ice Cream Sodas 

[Steve Contra]

Potato Bug 4 Lyfe

Do you say Kitty or Catty Corner (or one of the weird variations)?

[Mr. Gundam]

Kitty Corner, but I've heard other WA natives say Catty Corner.

[Himu]

Potato Bug 4 Lyfe

Do you say Kitty or Catty Corner (or one of the weird variations)?

I've never heard of this term.

[Steve Contra]

You've never heard the term Kitty or Catty Corner to refer to something diagonal to you?

[Howard Alan Treesong]

I say catacorner (seriously) cause it reminded me as a kid of CATACOMBS which is a cool word

[Howard Alan Treesong]

You've never heard the term Kitty or Catty Corner to refer to something diagonal to you?

oh, he calls that "inonline"

[Steve Contra]

My Grandma always said "catter corner" which is close to the original.  There's some weird ones though.  Kitty-Wumpus?

[etiolate]

What always trips me up is when someone inserts a random r into the middle of a word. Like hollerday instead of holiday.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

apparently some people call this insect the "chiggy wig"

I know that's racist, I just don't know how.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

My Grandma always said "catter corner" which is close to the original.  There's some weird ones though.  Kitty-Wumpus?

Kitty-wumpus sounds tickety-boo to me!

[Himu]

You've never heard the term Kitty or Catty Corner to refer to something diagonal to you?

never in my life.

We'll probably say something like "across the street"

[AdmiralViscen]

What always trips me up is when someone inserts a random r into the middle of a word. Like hollerday instead of holiday.

terlet
idear

Pretty sure it's a Bronx thing

[Shadow Mod]

I feel like a lot of terms have just gone away and all people do is point or gesture but you still understand what they're getting at.

[Himu]

Seriously, I've been to and lived in numerous states and have never heard of kitty/catty corner and California is like my second home!

[Joe Molotov]

What always trips me up is when someone inserts a random r into the middle of a word. Like hollerday instead of holiday.

terlet
idear

Pretty sure it's a Bronx thing

I like terlet, that's good word.

[CajoleJuice]

Yeah, I would just say diagonally across the street or something.

[Shadow Mod]

Seriously, I've been to and lived in numerous states and have never heard of kitty/catty corner and California is like my second home!

Me neither until TD said it. I think in Cali you just say "across the street" or "over there."

[Brehvolution]

But it's not across from you, it's kitty-corner. In some places, you can get a ticket for "Jaywalking".

[Shadow Mod]

But it's not across from you, it's kitty-corner. In some places, you can get a ticket for "Jaywalking".

It's still across the street.

[Brehvolution]

You would have to cross 2 streets to get there.

[etiolate]

Not in Chinatown

[Himu]

if I hear someone say kitty/catty corner irl i'm slapping them

[etiolate]

I imagine that if you say kitty corner then you're probably cruising the streets on your penny-farthing.

[AdmiralViscen]

Caddy corner

[Brehvolution]

Whatchyamacallit or Thingymajig?

[Joe Molotov]

Whatchyamacallit or Thingymajig?

Doohickey.

[Rufus]

Whatsit.

I've been using Pandora lately and there's a commercial for some brand of turkey breast (something about it not being glued together from parts and not having seaweed extract in it), I forget the name. The person that reads the ad pronounces it "tuh-ckey" and it winds me up every time I hear it.

[Flannel Boy]

I feel like a lot of terms have just gone away and all people do is point or gesture but you still understand what they're getting at.

Like our ape-ancestors.

[Flannel Boy]

I was drinkin' mah favorite coke--Pepsi--outside while the devil is being his wife when I gone done seen me a roly poly. 

[Positive Touch]

Caddy corner

this is what they say here, but i dont think ive heard anyone under 60 ever say it

[Flannel Boy]

At least she'd never say "I waz on line waitin' to pay for mah man-aze."

[Positive Touch]

also i say gym shoes; fuck all of you freaks who say it different

[Flannel Boy]

They're sneakers.

And "the city" is Toronto!

[Himu]

also i say gym shoes; fuck all of you freaks who say it different

Gym shoes is worse than tennis shoes because it suggests all sneaks worn in the gym.

[nudemacusers]

also i say gym shoes; fuck all of you freaks who say it different

[Yeti]

also i say gym shoes; fuck all of you freaks who say it different

Gym shoes is worse than tennis shoes because it suggests all sneaks worn in the gym.

I agree, but by this logic sneakers makes worse sense than tennis shoes by implying you use them for sneaking. At least tennis implies some sort of athletic activity is going on while wearing them.

[nudemacusers]

'sneakers' sounds cool

'tennis shoes' is something an old person would say

[Phoenix Dark]

I've always said "gym shoes" 

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

Never heard the term roly poly in my life.

We also call it pop here.  I have no idea what Mrs. Gundam got soda from since I rarely hear it said in the Omaha area or anywhere in the midwest for that matter.

[Boogie]

They're sneakers.

And "the city" is Toronto!

Don't you mean, "the centre of the universe" is "Tuhronno"?

[Positive Touch]

I've always said "gym shoes"

icon this man

[tiesto]

Never heard the term kitty/catty-corner before, call them "Roly Polys" and follow LI/NYC speech patterns to a tee. Those 4 years in Buffalo were me fighting against the Pop hordes.

[Great Rumbler]

It's DIAGONAL.

[Steve Contra]

Kitty Corner

I'm going to go to New York and say "I'm going to that place kitty corner to get in line for a coke, perhaps a Dr. Pepper before the devil starts beating his wife, where are my tennis shoes"

[Great Rumbler]

SHUT UP

[Shadow Mod]

Then...

Where is _____?

Caddy/Kitty corner from the Walgreens.


Now...

Where is ____?

I dunno check on Google maps.

[nudemacusers]

I've always said "gym shoes"

[D3RANG3D]

They're pill bugs.  What the hell is a roly poly?  Do you name everything like some kind of derpy child's description?  Are you Australians or something?

It's roly poly, all day erry day.

[pilonv1]

This important information will certainly help me on my Murica trip next week

Tennis Shoes is by far the dumbest one of the lot, and that's even including the devil beating his wife that I broke to Cajole

[etiolate]

They're pill bugs.  What the hell is a roly poly?  Do you name everything like some kind of derpy child's description?  Are you Australians or something?

whatever you say cranky stanky